Damage (Marvel Comics)

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Damage (Marvel Comics) - Wikipedia

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Damage
Damage in Wolverine and The Punisher: Damaging Evidence #3 (November 1993) Art by Gary Erskine
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	The Punisher War Journal #8 (September 1989)
Created by	Jim Lee Carl Potts
In-story information
Alter ego	Jaime Ortiz
Species	Human Cyborg
Place of origin	Earth
Team affiliations	Bunsen Burners
Notable aliases	Punisher
Abilities	Cyborg enhancements

Damage (Jaime Ortiz) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is an enemy of the Punisher and Wolverine.

Publication history

Created by Carl Potts and Jim Lee, the character made his first appearance in The Punisher War Journal #8 (September 1989),

Damage's first appearance was as a gang leader in The Punisher War Journal #8. After nearly dying in that issue, the character was rebuilt into a cyborg in a story arc that lasted from The Punisher War Journal #17-20 to Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence #1-3.

Damage received a profile in Marvel Encyclopedia #5, which revealed his real name is Jaime Ortiz.

Fictional character biography

The head of a Manhattan street gang known as the Bunsen Burners, Damage became aware that the Punisher was after him, so he decided to make a preemptive strike against the vigilante by hijacking or destroying his Battle Van. While his underlings were killed by the Battle Van's automated defenses, Damage made it into the vehicle, where he was ensnared and crippled by its mechanical tentacles and coils. The trapped Damage was later found by the Punisher, who dropped him off at a hospital, having concluded that letting Damage live out the rest of his life in the mangled state he was in would be punishment enough.^[1]

The Arranger, having been given the assignment of finding and recruiting new assassins for the Kingpin, discovered Damage through a newspaper article, and arranged for him to be moved to a private clinic, where surgeons set about reconstructing him into a cyborg. When Damage began to die on the operating table, the Arranger inspired him to continue fighting for survival by reminding him of his hatred for the Punisher.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

When Damage's transformation was complete, he was further augmented by technology supplied by Donald Pierce, and made to resemble the Punisher, in order to frame him for a series of murders. The killings drew the attention of Wolverine, who tracked Damage down to a chemical plant, where the two fought. Damage had the upper hand until the Punisher, who was preoccupied with the Sniper, suddenly appeared and set Damage ablaze before knocking him into a vat of flammable chemicals, which exploded and killed him. The Kingpin had Damage's remains recovered, and sent them to Pierce, along with fifty million dollars to pay for his reconstruction.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Powers and abilities

As a cyborg, Damage possessed superhuman strength and durability, as well as numerous retractable weapons such as a grenade launcher, a flamethrower, and a minigun. He also had infrared vision, and could electrocute others by touching them.

In other media

Damage appears in The Punisher, voiced by Steve Blum. This version is the leader of a gang of small-time drug traffickers and the owner of a crack house.^[9]

References

^ Carl Potts (w), Jim Lee (p), Jim Lee (i), Gregory Wright (col), Jim Novak (let), Don Daley (ed). "Damage" The Punisher War Journal, no. 8 (September 1989). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Jim Lee (p), Don Hudson and Al Milgrom (i), Gregory Wright (col), Rich Parker (let), Don Daley (ed). "Tropical Trouble" The Punisher War Journal, no. 17 (April 1990). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Jim Lee (p), Don Hudson and Al Milgrom (i), Gregory Wright (col), Rich Parker (let), Don Daley (ed). "Kahuna" The Punisher War Journal, no. 18 (May 1990). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Jim Lee (p), Don Hudson and Al Milgrom (i), Gregory Wright (col), Rich Parker (let), Don Daley (ed). "Trauma in Paradise" The Punisher War Journal, no. 19 (June 1990). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Tod Smith (p), Al Milgrom (i), Gregory Wright (col), Jim Novak (let), Don Daley (ed). "The Debt" The Punisher War Journal, no. 20 (July 1990). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Gary Erskine (p), Gary Erskine (i), Marie Javins (col), John Gaushell and Richard Starkings (let), Rob Tokar and Greg Wright (ed). "Part One" Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence, no. 1 (October 1993). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Gary Erskine (p), Gary Erskine (i), Marie Javins (col), John Gaushell and Richard Starkings (let), Rob Tokar and Greg Wrightstory (ed). "Part Two" Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence, no. 2 (November 1993). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Carl Potts (w), Gary Erskine (p), Gary Erskine (i), Garrahy, Javins, and Matthys (col), John Gaushell and Richard Starkings (let), Rob Tokar and Greg Wright (ed). "Part Three" Wolverine and the Punisher: Damaging Evidence, no. 3 (December 1993). United States: Marvel Comics.
^ Volition (16 January 2005). The Punisher (PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows) (1.0 ed.). THQ. Level/area: 1. Maurice: Damage runs it! He's up on the fourth floor!

External links

Damage at Marvel Wiki
Damage at Comic Vine
Damage at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Damage at The Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe

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